ChessHigherCat: <Sally Simpson: Another good game by Caruana, just in time too. The crowd were getting restless after Yifan Hou vs Caruana, 2017 and one could hear the knives being sharped on the whetstone.>

Can you believe how fickle the "fans" are? A couple bad games and the vultures circle ever closer. I can just imagine them in the gladiatorial games. Thumbs down!!!

docbenway: 17.Kt x e6 looks promising though it's so basic there must be something wrong with it. Anyway, it must be taken due to the multiple forks, then Bh7+ picks up the Q and though it's materially equal after the white Q takes on e6 the black forces look in disarray.

But Meier might just be the biggest fan of 3....dxe4 in chess history, at the GM level anyway. (i) the French is his go-to defense (ii) 3...dxe4 is by far his favorite continuation. Anyone know of another GM for whom that is true?

activechess55: I remember, Alekhine considered 3...de4 a dubious move. This continuation was not very popular for most part of the 20th century. White simply castles queen side and many a times gets some edge.But black position remains playable.

Black's pawn structure is shattered and k-side castle is in peril. But, he gets bishop pair in the bargain. Black doesn't castle k-side at all. Of course, this is not the stuff for ordinary patzers. GMs do prefer them at times.

ChessHigherCat: Caruana's knight sac shows that he'll still be with us for a long time to come as a supplier of Sunday puzzles.

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